Geophilus curtipes Haase, 1887

Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2021, An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4977 (1), pp. 1-103 : 83

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144. Geophilus curtipes Haase, 1887

Haase 1887: 109-110, plate VI, fig. 114 (as Geophilus curtipes nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. Australia, Queensland , Rockhampton (as Patria: Australia).

Dimensions. Länge des Körpers 45 mm, grösste Breite 1,4 mm [body 45 mm long, maximum width 1,4 mm].

Type material. Holotype ♀. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Rockhampton [ca. 23°22’S, 150°30’E]. GoogleMaps

Old type catalogue: Weidner (1960), p. 62, No. 13. Holotype.

Collection remarks. The specimen was almost certainly collected by Amalie Dietrich in 1866 before she travelled to Mackay in 1887. The specimen comes from the Museum Godeffroy .

Additional remarks. The specimen was already missing in 1938 ( Weidner 1960).

Current systematic position. Geomerinus curtipes ( Haase, 1887) , transferred by Brölemann (1912: 66).